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On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10:04:33 AM UTC-7, markspace wrote:
> On 3/12/2013 9:54 AM, Patricia Shanahan wrote:
> 
>> Whether something is a technical term or not depends on context.
> 
> Yes, context is something that seems to be lost or ignored here quite often.

This subthread started because of an assertion that class names in Java must start 
with a capital letter. This statement was not correct, by the normal understanding 
of the English word "must". Furthermore, it was a technical assertion about the rules 
of the Java language. As such it needed to be correct or corrected.

It is not relevant really what the word "must" means as a technical term, but it's helpful 
that the meaning is identical whether taken as "ordinary" English or precise terminology.

It is not a requirement of the Java language that class names begin with a capital letter.

However, as a matter of best practice, they should.

-- 
Lew